(a) Fees payable to the department and required by the Occupations Code Chapter 2154 and this subchapter, must be paid by cash, money order, check, or by online payment. Money orders and checks must be made payable to the Texas Department of Insurance. Except for overpayments resulting from mistakes of law or fact, or credits for unused retail fireworks permits, all fees are nonrefundable.(b) Fees payable to the department must be paid at the Office of the State Fire Marshal in Austin, or mailed to an address specified by the state fire marshal. Retail permits may also be obtained through participating licensed firms. See § 34.815 of this title (relating to Retail Permits).(c) Fees for tests administered by an outsource testing service are payable to the testing service in the amount and manner required by the testing service.(d) Fees are as follows: (1) manufacturer license: (B) renewal fee (before expiration)--$1,000;(C) renewal late fee (expired 1 day to 90 days)--$500;(D) renewal late fee (expired 91 days to two years)--$1,000;(2) distributor license: (B) renewal fee (before expiration)--$1,500;(C) renewal late fee (expired 1 day to 90 days)--$750;(D) renewal late fee (expired 91 days to two years)--$1,500;(3) jobber license: (B) renewal fee (before expiration)--$1,000;(C) renewal late fee (expired 1 day to 90 days)--$500;(D) renewal late fee (expired 91 days to two years)--$1,000;(4) pyrotechnic special effects operator license: (B) renewal fee (before expiration)--$25;(C) renewal late fee (expired 1 day to 90 days)--$22.50;(D) renewal late fee (expired 91 days to two years)--$45;(5) pyrotechnic operator license:(B) renewal fee (before expiration)--$25;(C) renewal late fee (expired 1 day to 90 days)--$22.50;(D) renewal late fee (expired 91 days to two years)--$45;(6) multiple public display permit:(B) renewal fee (before expiration)--$400;(8) single public display permit--$50;(9) agricultural, industrial, and wildlife control permits--$10;(10) flame effects operator: (B) renewal fee (before expiration)--$25;(C) renewal late fee (expired 1 day to 90 days)--$22.50;(D) renewal late fee (expired 91 days to two years)--$45;(11) Tests administered by the State Fire Marshal's Office: (A) initial test fee--$20;(e) A renewal application for a license accompanied by the renewal fee deposited with the United States Postal Service is deemed to be timely filed when its envelope bears a legible postmark on or before the expiration date of the license being renewed. Any renewal application postmarked after the expiration date must be accompanied by the renewal fee and the appropriate late fee.(f) Holders of licenses that have been expired for less than two years cannot be issued new licenses.28 Tex. Admin. Code § 34.814
The provisions of this §34.814 adopted to be effective June 30, 1986, 11 TexReg 2510; amended to be effective July 4, 1991, 16 TexReg 3352; transferred effective September 1, 1991, as published in the Texas Register March 6, 1992, 17 TexReg 1745; amended to be effective June 4, 1993, 18 TexReg 3300; transferred effective September 1, 1997, as published in the Texas Register November 14, 1997, 22 TexReg 11091; amended to be effective September 14, 1998, 23 TexReg 9571; amended to be effective December 8, 2002, 27 TexReg 11562; amended to be effective January 27, 2004, 29 TexReg 637; amended to be effective June 3, 2004, 29 TexReg 5402; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 34, August 23, 2019, TexReg 4486, eff. 8/29/2019